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  • AMD battles Intel with 12-core server chip

    Intel is putting four memory channels in the Nehalem-EX chips, which puts it on par with AMD's Magny-Cours chip.For most enterprise applications, memory throughput is a significant contributor to performance, McCarron said.
    08 March 2010
    Tags: Micro • Consumption • Channels • Cache • Boost • Battle

  • Intel boosts performance of small network storage

    Intel boosts performance of small network storage Lucas Mearian Atom processors add to IO throughput news Intel today announced a new processor/controller combination targeted at home and small office storage networks that will increase performance…
    05 March 2010
    Tags: Targeted • Processing • Hyperthreading • Electronics • Controller • Atom

  • Corsair Flash Voyager GTR is its fastest USB flash drives yet

    Corsair announced a new family of USB flash drives that the company said approach the maximum performance available from the USB 2.0 interface, which offers 480Mbit/sec throughput.The Flash Voyager GTR family of USB flash drives have maximum read…
    03 March 2010
    Tags: Usb Flash • Sec • Flash Drives • Family • Corsair

  • Microsoft Hyper-V add-on speeds up virtual data centres

    Roger Johnson, technical lead for Crutchfield's enterprise systems group, says he was sceptical about Virsto's claims at first but his tests have produced a 33% performance improvement in I/O throughput.
    18 February 2010
    Tags: Virtualised • Storage Systems • Copies • Consumption • Centres • Addon

  • Overland Storage unveils iSCSI SAN first

    For example, a policy could be set to grow a volume by 30% when it reaches 80% capacity.The array also comes with a tool called Simple Disk Volume Creation, which allows volumes to be created with a single step.The S2000 is powered by Intel…
    16 February 2010
    Tags: Sec • Networkattached • Library • Iscsi • Expansion • Array

  • Intel self-tuning processor could boost performance

    Intel has announced a new microprocessor it claims can adapt to changes in temperature Intel's researchers have developed a resilient microprocessor that, they claim, could deliver as much as 41 percent more throughput as a comparable conventional…
    15 February 2010
    Tags: Throughput • Error • Detection • Cycles • Conditions • Commercial

Latest Features

  • The future of IT application architectures

    I hinted at this last week, when I mentioned the use of memcached as a data caching mechanism used to increase throughput. With very large load variability, other layers need to be scalable and need to support load balancing to ensure consistent…
    20 January 2010
    Tags: Amounts • Layers • Architectures • Interfaces • Balancing • Dynamically

  • Guide to SAN and NAS virtualisation

    A NAS cluster can provide several orders of magnitude faster throughput (MBps) and IOPS than a single NAS device. As a standard feature in all but the most modest mid-tier storage systems, storage virtualisation soothes a wide range of storage…
    26 November 2009
    Tags: Requests • Split • Provisioning • Storage Systems • Agents • Hosts

  • Test and development in the cloud

    Operations, of course, is charged with efficiency with an aim of lowest total cost of operations.Operations doesn't want dev/test to affect production systems: Putting development and test into the production infrastructure, even if quarantined…
    23 October 2009
    Tags: Surface • Assess • Affect • Delayed • Scalability • Lab

  • Why Apple's Wozniak loves flash storage drives

    The company makes PCIe cards with up to 640GB of capacity and 1.6GB/sec.throughput that can be inserted directly into servers, greatly increasing performance for I/O intensive applications while also shrinking space requirements when compared to…
    14 October 2009
    Tags: Flash Memory • Compare • Fan • Plug • Structure • Cofounder

  • WiMax in 2010: Too little, too late?

    And the amount of throughput users see on a wireless connection is directly related to the signal quality, Jones said. You really can't make general statements related to speed and coverage because not every deployment is the same.Clearwire reports…
    21 September 2009
    Tags: Business Users • Market Share • Gsm • Telecommunications • Feet • Demanding

  • How clouds and fibre has remade the data centre

    Over the next few years the old switching equipment needs to be replaced with faster and more flexible switches.Three factors are driving the transformation: server virtualisation, direct connection of Fibre Channel storage to the IP switching and…
    18 September 2009
    Tags: Adapter • Adapters • Transport • Access Control • Enforce • Reduces

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  • How to solve the data challenge, with environmental efficiency

    Firstly, it compresses the data significantly to reduce overall storage requirements and the associated impact on carbon emissions through reduced cooling and power consumption.Secondly, with data taking up significantly less space, the throughput…
    15 June 2009
    Tags: Amounts • Demands • Analytics • Carbon • Consumption • Realtime

  • How to buy UTM products

    For example, the latest version of Astaro's Security Gateway product includes HTTPS Proxy Filtering, which allows users to filter and control secure web traffic and block programs that attempt to bypass security policy with SSL tunneling.Another…
    07 April 2009
    Tags: Implementing • Security Features • Centralised • Filter • Labs • Gateways

  • Predict Wi-Fi performance and plan your wireless LAN

    This may be disconcerting, but wouldn't it be great if we could more accurately (if not precisely) predict radio performance, coverage, throughput and other factors in advance for any given installation?
    19 September 2008
    Tags: Radio • Coverage • Elements • Trial • Advance • Craig

  • Case Study: The sweet smell of WAN acceleration

    While adding bandwidth might not be too expensive in New York, trying to boost throughput by even a modest amount in some countries in Eastern Europe can be exorbitant, he noted. Global perfumer Coty used WAN appliances to improve its download…
    15 August 2008
    Tags: Multimedia • Optimisation • Wan • Appliances • Remove • Orange

  • How to upgrade a home office router

    But if you have more than three clients, you can actually decrease throughput by doing this. This article shows you how to. Your small, home-office router has the potential to be as powerful as an enterprise device, it's just a question of getting…
    01 July 2008
    Tags: Qos • Admin • Root • Priority • Linksys • Firmware

  • Testing Wi-Fi's Power Save Mode

    All of this provided a good variety of test cases.Our test procedure involved first establishing a baseline for performance in terms of throughput. We used a spectrum analyzer to monitor for any high-amplitude interference that might affect results…
    13 May 2008
    Tags: Adapter • Adapters • Elements • Notebooks • Ap • Network World

Reviews

  • Dell PowerConnect 8024F review

    Suffice it to say, they won't break the bank.Benchmarked and spec'd10G deployments and market penetration being what they are (namely, pricey and slight), I wasn't able to run all 24 10G ports simultaneously, so I cannot speak to Dell's stated…
    04 March 2010
    Tags: Throughput • Packet • Iscsi • Gui • Console • Command

  • Verbatim SSD ExpressCard 64GB review

    Because they can link straight into the computer's PCI Express bus, there's a theoretical 2.5Gb/s (gigabit per second) throughput.That's key for some of the latest adaptors we're seeing which demand fast access.
    18 February 2010
    Tags: Slot • Interfaces • Hd • Flash Memory • Boot • Benchmark

  • Synology DS1010+ review

    If Synology doesn't already support something, chances are that it can with an application of some elbow grease.However, throughput wasn't the strong suit of these devices. I continue to be very impressed with Synology's small business storage…
    15 February 2010
    Tags: Streaming • Gui • Gigabit Ethernet • Expansion • Backups • Arrays

  • Kaspersky Lab AntiVirus 2010 review

    Only Norton Antivirus and F-Secure Antivirus were able to clear out more of the less-important junk.In speed tests for automatic scans that typically occur when you open or copy a file, Kaspersky achieved a 12.15MBps throughput.
    20 January 2010
    Tags: Antivirus • Apps • Malware • Detection • App • Detected

  • Symantec Norton Antivirus 2010 review

    And it correctly removed the same number of files based on its behavioural analysis, better than any other app.Norton's throughput of 9.26MB per second for automatic scans of files as they're opened or saved put it squarely in the middle of the pack.
    20 January 2010
    Tags: Scans • Antivirus • Saved • User Interface • Detection • App

  • Avira AntiVir Premium review

    Its 14.8MB-per-second throughput rate for automatic scans (these kick off when files are altered, for example) was matched only by Avast in speed tests. Avira's AntiVir Premium Edition lacks an advanced malware detection feature used by top…
    20 January 2010
    Tags: Antivirus • Detection • App • Defense • Standalone • Expert

White Papers

  • 802.11n Access Points and Power over Ethernet: Key Considerations

    Truly conservative technology adopters will of course take comfort in delaying action until the ink is dry on the still-under-development IEEE 802.11n standard, but the evergrowing demand for network throughput and capacity, as well as the need to…
    10 June 2008
    Tags: Implemented • Investment • Ieee • Adoption • Compliant • Throughput

  • 802.11n Access Points and Power over Ethernet: Key Considerations

    The outstanding improvements in rate, range, and price/performance now being seen in both residential/SOHO-class as well as enterprise class products, as demonstrated by our own testing, have previously led us to conclude that the time to install…
    03 June 2008
    Tags: Led • Access Points • Lan • Ieee • Adoption • Note

  • Laying the Groundwork for WiMAX

    The early trial indicated that WiMAX is on par with T1 technology in terms of the key network performance metrics: latency, jitter, throughput, and packet loss. AT&T is currently transitioning from a technical trial of early WiMAX access technology…
    28 September 2007
    Tags: Loss • Wimax • Trial • Equipment • Compliant • Dozen

  • How SYSPRO Leverages a Lean Manufacturing Model to Enhance Profitability

    As well as raising quality levels and reducing costs, Lean manufacturing enables companies to realise significant improvements in cycle times (lead times), customer service (fill rates), throughput and inventory reduction.
    10 July 2007
    Tags: Utilisation • Infrastructures • Chain • Visibility • Manufacturing • Inventory

  • Lotus Domino 7 on Linux for IBM System z

    The results of this benchmark showed two bottlenecks that prevented linear scalability of throughput for Domino 6.5 for Linux on System z. About 18 months ago, the Scalability Center for Linux on zSeries (SCL) in Poughkeepsie performed a study on…
    31 May 2007
    Tags: Kernel • Production • Zseries • Scalability • Ibm System • Domino

  • SAS I/O Performance

    In this article, we compare the data throughput capability of three of the most popular enterprise-class and near enterpriseclass disk connection protocols: Ultra 320 SCSI, SAS, and SATA. SATA makes use of the same SAS infrastructure and adds vast…
    17 April 2007
    Tags: Sas • Boot • Scsi • Arrays • Throughput • Data Storage

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